zinc tally No taste = need

[Guest guest]

I saw the post about the iodine blocker creating low zinc. It

reminded me of my terribly low zinc state following a post partum

goiter. Lynne told me women can get post partum goiters because the

nursing babe gets the iodine first in a low iodine mom . No body is

surprised that I developed autoimmune thyroid disease which wasn't

diagnosed for a few years. Along the way I was not well. Bitter

understatement? yeah -

A year after the goiter and too many docs telling me I was fine - a

functional med doctor gave me a zinc tally test. Zinc is dissolved

in water and the person puts it in her mouth and swishes. If you

have enough zinc then the water tastes like zinc. Blech. If you

need it then you don't taste the zinc. It tastes like water.

When I first took the test the doc sat there with his watch timing

how long it took for me to put my finger up and indicate that I

tasted something. I never put my finger up. I thought it was weird

to just swish my mouth with water. He told me to swallow the water.

Then he explained that I was severely deficient in zinc and to

supplement.

I returned after consistently supplementing. This time I nearly

spat the tally out as soon as it touched my tongue! It stunned me

how strong and awful it tasted. I could taste the zinc in my mouth

as I drove home from the appointment.

I got my tally from Metagenics. Every once in awhile I'll take a

little swig to see how my zinc levels are doing.

To tie this back to iodine. I notice that I love the smell of

iodine. I love putting it on and I overdid it which brought on too

much detox. Now I must restrain myself. Guess I do need it. I

just got the questionnaire for the test. My 3.5 year old son does

not love the smell. Maybe he is fine? Just brainstorming.

Laurel